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The oracle as quoted in Diodorus (vii. 12) ends with the lines “ἥκεις δ᾽ εὐνομίαν αἰτεύμενος: αἰτὰρ ἔγωγε
δώσω τὴν οὐκ ἄλλη ἐπιχθονίη πόλις ἕξει.

These are probably a later addition.

Θεόν. For his ἱερόν cf. 66. 1 n.; Plutarch (Lyc. 31 θύουσιν ὡς θεῷ) speaks of his divine honours; he is mentioned as a god in inscriptions, e. g. C. I. G. 1256. But all this does not disprove his original humanity.

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